What are we reading in English and Language Arts Class? "Hoot"

Major Themes: Caring for the environment, bullying, following your heart, and self-empowerment

What It’s About: Roy recently moved from the mountains of Montana to Florida where everything is flat and humid. As the new kid in his middle school, he’s the target of a bully who attacks him repeatedly throughout the story. But because of that bully, Roy spots a strange, shoeless boy running past the bus stop and decides to follow him. The boy lives in a junkyard and routinely stirs up trouble at the future home of a pancake restaurant. As Roy plunges deeper into the mystery of the vacant lot and the boy, he discovers the lot is home to several burrows of protected owls. With the help of the running boy and another new friend, Roy sets out to thwart construction plans and save the owls.

*Excerpt from https://www.readbrightly.com/brightlys-book-club-for-kids-hoot/*